Although the number of edentulous patients has dropped dramatically, the problems associated with dentures have become much more demanding for the average primary care dentist. This textbook describes the problems associated with edentulousness and assesses the range of treatment modalities available. An ideal companion to McCord's Missing Teeth: A Guide to Treatment Options that deals with the problems of partially edentulous patients.

Assessment<br>Decision Making/Treatment Options. <br>Impression-Making. <br>Registration Stage. <br>Trial visits and insertion. <br>Reviews and maintenance. <br>Technological aspects: Producing casts and special trays. <br>Rims and trial dentures. <br>Processing and preparing for delivery. <br>Case studies: 1. Copy or template technique. <br>2. Very worn old C/C. <br>3. Gagging/denture intolerance. <br>4. Denture stomatitis. <br>5. Selective pressure impression techniques. <br>6. Implant case. <br>7. Allergy to PMMA. <br>8. Immediate transitional denture.

J. Fraser McCord DDS, BDS, RCS(Edin), C(BIOL), MI(BIOL) Head, Unit of Prosthodontics, Turner Dental School, Manchester, UK